world

n. planet or globe; particular part of Earth; planet Earth; universe, cosmos; humankind; general public, public as a whole; material realm (as opposed to the spiritual realm); a lot, very much

adj. global, worldwide, universal, of the whole world

The World is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an anthropocentric or human worldview, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general. There are approximately 6.6 billion (or 6600 million) people living on the Earth.
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World may refer to:Geography/cultureThe world; that is, the planet EarthAny planet deemed comparable to EarthWorld (adjective), for world-wide sociological phenomenaThe universeEastern worldNorthern worldSouthern worldWestern worldAmerican worldArctic worldEurasian worldAfrican worldAsian worldCentral American world European worldLatin American worldNorth American worldPacific WorldSouth American worldArab worldSub-Saharan worldChinese world (Sinosphere)Indian world (Indian subcontinent, Indosphere)Russian worldThe World (archipelago), a group of artificial islands near Dubai
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Noun
1. all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
(synonym) human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
(hypernym) group, grouping
(member-meronym) people
2. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
(synonym) universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) closed universe
(member-meronym) galaxy, extragalactic nebula
(part-meronym) celestial body, heavenly body
3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
(synonym) reality
(hypernym) experience
(hyponym) real world, real life
4. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
(synonym) domain
(hypernym) class, social class, socio-economic class
(hyponym) academia, academe
5. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
(synonym) Earth, globe
(hypernym) terrestrial planet
(member-holonym) solar system
(part-meronym) atmosphere, air
6. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
(synonym) worldly concern, earthly concern, earth
(hypernym) concern
7. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
(hypernym) part, piece
8. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
(synonym) populace, public
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) admass
(member-meronym) audience
Adjective
1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
(synonym) global, planetary, world(a), worldwide
(similar) international

(n.)
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
  

(n.)
The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
  

(n.)
The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
  

(n.)
The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.
  

(n.)
The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
  

(n.)
Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.
  

(n.)
In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.
  

(n.)
As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
  

(n.)
Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
  

Background Globally, the 20th century was marked by: (a) two devastating world wars; (b) the Great Depression of the 1930s; (c) the end of vast colonial empires; (d) rapid advances in science and technology, from the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (US) to the landing on the moon; (e) the Cold War between the Western alliance and the Warsaw Pact nations; (f) a sharp rise in living standards in North America, Europe, and Japan; (g) increased concerns about the environment, including loss of forests, shortages of energy and water, the decline in biological diversity, and air pollution; (h) the onset of the AIDS epidemic; and (i) the ultimate emergence of the US as the only world superpower. The planet's population continues to explode: from 1 billion in 1820, to 2 billion in 1930, 3 billion in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000. For the 21st century, the continued exponential growth in science and technology raises both hopes (e.g., advances in medicine) and fears (e.g., development of even more lethal weapons of war). Map of World More about World: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues